FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 24, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 11 after the first quarter and won 100–93.

Final
MIN108
PHI120
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +27; Q4 PHI +12
Final
CHI95
DET117
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +22
Final
PHX99
ORL105
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +6
Final
NOP91
HOU114
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +27; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +23
Final
LAL100
MEM93
Q1 LAL -11; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +7
Final
CHA102
DAL98
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2016–17Mar 24, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ BOS), 70 points.
The lead · LAL @ MEM

Lakers climb out of an 11-point hole against Memphis

Down 11 after one, the Lakers won the second quarter 35–29 and the game 100–93. Kyle Kuzma led Lakers with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-50+7LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL17351929100
MEM2829142293
Who led
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 20, 14, 14, 26, 11, 27, 22, 25LAL25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 18, 36, 26, 22, 25, 21, 23, 20LAL20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Andrew HarrisonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 2, 28, 9, 17, 14, 20, 19, 2, 20MEM20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 23, 17, 9, 17, 21, 14, 5, 18MEM18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHX @ ORL

Orlando fights back from 8 down against Phoenix

Final: 105–99, after trailing by 8 at the half. Aaron Gordon led Orlando with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs PHX
Aaron Gordon · ORLJosh Jackson · PHXPTS2918REB112AST85Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 70 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg17.2Last 3

17.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Aaron Gordon leads the day with 29

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 11, 27, 14, 13, 28, 16, 10, 29ORL vs PHX · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 40, 28, 24, 32, 34, 42, 21, 27HOU vs NOP · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 20, 14, 14, 26, 11, 27, 22, 25LAL @ MEM · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 31, 21, 26, 34, 37, 28, 33, 25NOP @ HOU · L
28.2 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Anthony TolliverPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 0, 4, 9, 9, 12, 9, 0, 25DET vs CHI · W
7.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 13, 17, 10, 22, 12, 15, 7, 24ORL vs PHX · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Brook LopezLAL+7.1 20.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Julius RandleLAL+6.3 22.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Taurean PrinceATL+6.0 19.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+5.9 15.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Rodney HoodCLE−6.1 8.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Courtney LeeNYK−6.1 6.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Justin HolidayCHI−5.9 6.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Victor OladipoIND−5.5 17.7 last 10 · 23.2 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season